Reminder, there is no school on

Monday, May 27th, in observance

of Memorial Day!

Athlete of the Week

Greyhound: Kierra Taylor

Sport: Track and Field

Comment: 1st Place CIF Masters Champion in Discus and advances to State meet this weekend. – Atascadero High School Athletics 

Atascadero Unified School District

Classified Employees of the Year

are recognized by the Board of Trustees,

Chapter 124 Leadership, and District Administration!

Congratulations to each site employee and

a special shout out to Darvel Cullors who

was recognized as the

District Classified Employee of the Year!

Atascadero Unified School District

Special Education Student's

artwork is being displayed at

Studio on the Park in Paso Robles

through June 7th.

The event is being called Through Their Eyes. 

Check out some of the amazing work!

The 28th Annual Battle of the Books!

130 students from each elementary school,

the Fine Arts Academy, and Atascadero Middle School gathered at the Lake Pavilion

last Friday to participate. 

Students made new friends, celebrated their

efforts towards reading, and displayed excellent teamwork. Miss Sally from the Atascadero Public Library joined us to talk about the Summer Reading Program, Mr. Butler was an excellent reader for our Grand Finale, and Kiwanis treated us to a delicious lunch! District Librarian Kris Bell would like to send out a gracious thank you to all the principals, teachers, staff, library technicians, and parents who have kept this program

running all these years. 

Great job, AUSD readers!

San Benito Elementary School

prides itself in being a peaceful place to learn, grow, and play

Students celebrated 150 PEACE days with a

bounce house obstacle course last week.

What a fun way to honor scholars for using

their conflict resolution tools!

The Atascadero Rotary Club hosts annual essay contest

for all 8th grade students!

Renee Betz took home the

first-place prize!

This year’s winners were celebrated at

a special luncheon held at the Atascadero Unified School District (AUSD) office on May 9th. Superintendent Tom Butler and Rotary President Robert Borish awarded the winners

with their cash prizes.

Renee Betz took home the first-place prize,

Kaylee Holder earned second place, and

Paloma Rodriguez secured third place!

Mrs. Medina (math intervention coordinator), Miss Joann (math instructional aide), and Ms. Holmes (principal) honored Cuesta College Corps interns, Kenni Diaz and Ana Garcia! These two have devoted over 450 volunteer hours supporting students and staff these past two years! Their bi-lingual skills really assisted English learners and their families!

In a partnership between

AHS and ACE Academy,

English teachers Lauren Chambers, and Meg Higdon along with District Librarian Kris Bell and

AHS Library Technician

Noelle Holden presented the

2nd annual Living Library.  

Inspired by NPR's StoryCorps project (promoting intergenerational storytelling) and programs

like The Human Library (promoting learning from real people's stories), students from

the ACE program and Advanced English 1 classes had the opportunity to "check out" a person instead of a book; interviewing members of our staff, district office, school board, and guests from our community at large. 

They engaged in an exercise of active listening and sharing life stories with each other. 

 A special thank you to everyone who

 donated their time.

The AUSD Board of Trustees

welcomed Tristan Shorba

as the new Principal at the

Atascadero Fine Arts Academy!

Mr. Shorba is currently one of the

vice principals at AHS

Atascadero High School senior

Sebastian Marano was awarded

the Weyhrich Leadership Award

and was honored by the

County Board of Supervisors

The Santa Margarita Elementary School Garden Club held its second annual butterfly release assembly on Wednesday.

With the help of the school's PTA, the Garden Club provided a butterfly grow kit to each of its 12 classrooms with ten caterpillars for each class to monitor.

On Wednesday, the students released the hatched butterflies into the garden.

"Garden Club helps build a sense of community among every student here on our campus and everyone is always really excited to get involved, and it's really fun to have all these great kids out here helping us make something for not just us, but for the other kids that are coming after them," said Katherine Jonsson, Garden Club Advisor.

It was a beautiful night honoring our Seniors here at Alternative Education 

Thank you for your generosity and hard work to offer these scholarships to our young people. I feel thankful to be part of such a wonderful community. 

"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another" Charles Dickens

Nondiscrimination Notice:

The Board of Trustees is committed to providing equal opportunity for all individuals in education. District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from discrimination based on gender, race, color, actual or perceived ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or genetic information, the perception of one or more of such characteristics, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. Atascadero Unified School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Atascadero Unified School District complies with the requirements of the U.S. Office of Civil Rights laws, such as the Fair Employment Practices Act, Title IX Regulations, Section 504, Title II and ADA requirements in employment and education programs and activities.

Title IX Officer: Assist. Supt. Human Resources, 5601 West Mall Atascadero, CA (805) 462-4200

504 Coordinator: Dir. Student Intervention Services, 5601 West Mall, Atascadero, CA (805) 462-4230